Soiled-apparel receptacle



G. H. WHEARY. SOILE'D APPAREL RECEPIACLE. APPLICATION FILED JAN-3.1916.

Patented July 22, 1919.

WVENTUR W ATTORNEYS GEORGE HENRY WHEARY, OF RAGINE, WISCONSIN.

SOILED-APPAREL RECEPTACLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 22, 1919.

Application filed January 3, 1916. Serial No. 69,801.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE HENRY WHEARY, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Racine, in the county of Racine and State of Wisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in Soiled-Apparel Receptacles, of which the following is a description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, whichare a part of this specification. I

This invention relates to improvements in soiled apparel receptacles more particularly adapted for trunk use.

In wardrobe and other like trunks no provision is made for holding soiled apparel and consequently the apparel is placed in the most convenient parts of the trunk without regard to its close proximity to clean apparel which from a sanitary as well as other points of view, is very objectionable. Furthermore the soiled apparel as thus packed away does not add to the attractiveness of the trunk and takes up considerable space which might be used to better advantage in holding clean or fresh apparel, and often in gathering the soiled apparel to have it laundried it is necessary to remove from the trunk or otherwise disarrange the clean apparel before the soiled apparel can be removed.

It is one of the objects of the present invention to overcome the before mentioned objectionable features and provide a receptacle for soiled ap arel which will hold the.

same apart from t e clean garments and in a most accessible portion of the trunk for convenient placing therein or removal therefrom. i

A further object of the invention is to provide a soiled apparel receptacle which is positioned to occupy but a minimum amount of space and which automatically expands *or enlarges as soiled articles are placed therein and as "a less space is required for clean articles. t

A further object of the invention is to provide a soiled apparel receptacle which is detachably connected to the trunk and may be easily removed or replaced in the trunk.

A further objectoftheinvention is to provide a soiled apparel receptacle in which the entire front may be easily removed for cleaning the interior of the receptacle or for more easily removing the soiled articles therefrom.

A further object of the invention is to provide a soiled apparel receptacle provided with a covered opening in its upper portion for placing articles in or removing them from the receptacle and also being arranged to permit the removal of articles from the bottom portion of the receptacle without removing articles thereabove.

A further object of the invention is to provide a soiled apparel receptacle which is of simple construction, is strong and durable and is well adapted for the purpose clescribed.

:With the above and other objects in view the invention consists of the improved soiled apparel receptacle and its parts and combinations as set forth in the claims, and all equivalents thereof.

In the accompanying drawing in which the same reference characters indicate the same parts in all of the views:

Figure 1 is a front view of a wardrobe trunk section shown in'open position and bcing provided with the improved soiled apparel receptacle, the view also indicating by dotted lines a portion of the drawer section;

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the receptacle taken on line 22 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 8 is a vertical sectional View of the removable portion of the receptacle being indicated by dotted lines as removed from the main portion; and

receptacle taken on line 33 of Fig. 1, the

Fig. 1 is a detailed side view of one of the brackets.

Referring to the drawings the numeral 8 indicates a wardrobe trunk, 9 the drawer section and 10 the wardrobe section which contains garment hangers and tracks 11 and is also adapted to contain the improved soiled apparel receptacle 12. The soiled aparel receptacle is in the form of a rectanguar frame 13 having a removable front board 14 and a front cover 15 hinged tothe upper edge portion thereof. A piece of flexible material or fabric 16, which may be of waterproof material if desired, is connected to the upper, lower and side portions of the rectangular frame and forms a bag like extension 17 to the frame. Access to the bag front cover and extending over the upper portion of the rectangular frame serves to hold the front cover in closed position.

The bottom and lower parts of the side portions of the rectangular frame are provided with angled guide strips 21, the front inwardly extending portions 22 of which are spaced forwardly from the front edges of the rectangular frame to form guide grooves 23 for receiving and holding the removable front 14 in position and to permit its removal by sliding upwardly when the front cover is in open position as shown in Fig. 3.

Side trips 24: mounted on the opposite side portions of the rectangular frame have outwardly extending headed trunnions 25 and 26 which engage locking plates 27 mounted within and on opposite side walls of the wardrode section of the trunk.

The locking plates are provided with upper and lower elongated slots 28 and 29 shaped to receive the headed trunnions 25 and 26 of the receptacle. The lower slots 29 have entrance portions 29 whch extend rearwardly a short distance and the slots are then curved downwardly and forwardly as indicated by 30 to permit vertical pay of the lower trunnions 26 which are pivotally and removably mounted therein so that the receptacle may be swung out of the wardrobe section to permit access to the garments sus pended from the hangers in said section.

The entrance portions 31 of the upper slots 28 also extend rearwardly a short distance and the slots are then curved downwardly and forwardly to form locking shoulders 32. The slots 28 and 29 are so spaced'with reference to the distance apart of the trunnions 25 and 26 that when the trunnions 26 are pulled upwardly in the vertical portions 30 of the slots 30-, the upper trunnions 25 may be swung into the entrance openings of the slots 23 and the frame is then pushed downwardly to locked position, where springs 33 mounted on the plates 27 yieldingly hold the trunnions in locked position. These slots are somewhat like bayonet slots in forming a connection between the parts.

When in locked position if it is desired to swing the receptacle out of the trunk section it is only necessary to pull upwardly and rearwardly and then forwardly onv the upper end of the receptacle to unlock said up per end and the receptacle may then be swung out of the section. If it is now desired to detach the receptacle from the trunk section the lower end of the receptacle is raised and then moved upwardly rearwardly and then forwardly to pass over the shouldered portions of the lower slots and to disengage the locking plates.

Medial portions 34 ofthe locking plates are offset from the side walls of the trunk section to provide a space therebetween to accommodate the heads of the trunnions. As the stem portions of the trunnions enter the slots of the locking plates the trunnion heads serve to reinforce the sides walls of the wardrobe section against bulging outwardly and the receptacle reinforces the said side walls against being pressed inwardly. The soiled apparel receptacle is positioned in front of the upper portion of the wardrobe above a shoe box 35 which is also detachably connected to the trunk section in a manner somewhat similar to the receptacle.

By thus positioning the receptacle as shown and described it utilizes space ordinarily not used and as wearing apparel is taken from the garment hangers of the wardrobe section and worn and when soiled placed in the receptacle, the receptacle fills up and expands inwardly as the wardrobe space required is decreased by theremoval of apparel thus automatically providing for the increased size or expanding of the receptacle into the trunk section.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that the receptacle for soiled apparel is of very simple construction and can be easily attached to the wardrobe section of a trunk and is well adapted for the purpose described. I

hat I claim as my invention is:

1. A soiled apparel receptacle for trunks, comprising an expansi'ble receptacle having an open front and formed in part of flexible material, a. non-flexible front member freely removably closing a portion of the open front, a hinged cover closing the remaining portion of the open front, and meansfor removably and detachably connecting the receptacle within and to a trunk.

2. A soiled apparel receptacle for trunks, comprising a rectangular frame having a flexible rear portion in theform of a bag and a removable non-flexible front portion provided with an opening adjacent its upper end, acover for the opening having its lower edge portion hinged to the upper edge portion of the removable non-flexible front portion, and means for detachably connecting the side portions of the rectangular frame to the inner opposite side portions of a trunk. 3. The combination with the wardrobe section of a trunk having garment hangers suspended therein, a soiled apparel receptacle therefor, vcomprising a receptacle formed in part of flexible material having an opening and a closure therefor and a removable portion, said receptacle positioned in front of the garment hangers-and having its flexible portionextending expansibly toward the rear portion of the trunk section, and means for .detachably connecting the receptacle to the trunk section.

4. The combination with the wardrobe section of a trunk having garment hangers suspended therein, a soiled apparel receptacle therefor, comprising a rectangular frame having a flexible rear portion in the form of a 'bag and a removable non-flexible front portion provided with an opening, said receptacle positioned in front of the garment hangers and having its flexible portion extending expansibly toward the rear portion of the trunk section, a cover hinged to the removable non-flexible front portion and covering the opening, and means for connecting the opposite side portions of the rectangular frame to the opposite side portions of the trunk section.

5. The combination with the wardrobe section of a trunk having garment hangers suspended therein, a soiled apparel receptacle therefor, comprising a rectangular frame having a flexible rear portion in the form of a bag and a removable non-flexible front portion provided with an opening, said receptacle positioned in front of the garment hangers and having its flexible portion extending expansi bly toward the rear portion of the trunk section, a cover hinged to the removable non-flexible portion and covering the opening, slotted plates connected to the opposite sides of the wardrobe section of the trunk, and trunnions projecting from the opposite sides of the rectangular frame which enter the slots of the plates and detachably hold the receptacle within the trunk section.

6. A soiled apparel receptacle for trunks, comprising a rectangular frame having a flexible rear portion and a front grooved portion, a removable front entering the grooved portion and closing the lower portion of the opening formed by the rectangular frame, a closure for the upper portion of the opening of said rectangular frame, and means for attaching the receptacle within and to a trunk.

7 A soiled apparel receptacle for trunks, comprising an extensible inclosure having an open front portion, said extension being only inwardly, a removable nonextensible front portion slidably covering a part of the open front, a non-extensible cover hinged to the slidab le front portion and closing the remaining open part of the open front, and means for attaching the receptacle within and to a trunk.

8. A soiled apparel receptacle for trunks, comprising an extensible inclosure having an open front portion, said extension being only inwardly, a two-part removable nonextensible closure for said open front, one of said two parts having-a sliding connection with the receptacle, and means for attaching the receptacle within and to a trunk.

9. A soiled apparel receptacle for trunks, comprising an extensible inclosure having an open front portion, said extension being only inwardly, a two-part slidably removable non-extensible closure for said open front, and means for removably and tiltably attaching the receptacle within and to a trunk.

10. A soiled apparel receptacle for trunks, comprising an extensible inclosure formed in part of flexible material and having an open ront, said extension being only inwardly, a two-part slidably removable non-extensible closure for said open front, and means for removably attaching the receptacle within and to a trunk.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

GEORGE HENRY WHEARY.

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